The following statements are the mission goals for the FAA, by A.J. Adamski & T.J. Doyle (1999):1.The regulation of air commerce in such a manner as to best promote its development and safety and fulfill the requirements of national defense;2.The promotion, and encouragement and development of civil aeronautics;3.The control of the use of the navigable airspace of the United States and the regulation of both civil and military operations in such airspace in the interest of the safety and efficiency of both;4.The consolidation of research and development with respect to air navigation facilities, as well as the installation and operation thereof;5.The development and operation of a common system of air traffic control and navigation for both military and civil aircraft. (p. 1-16)The Federal Aviation Agency was renamed to the Federal Aviation Administration when it was transferred under the Department of Transportation (DOT) in 1996. This was under the Department of Transportation Act of 1996. The DOT was responsible for effectively using the nation’s transportation resources. Since aviation has become one of the major modes of transportation it is well placed within the DOT.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was also established to determine and report the cause of transportation accidents and conduct special studies dealing with safety and accident prevention.All the acts that have been enacted may seem cumbersome and redundant, but they are not. All the history within aviation that we have seen is to prove that the aviation regulatory system that our government has created has brought transportation safety standards to the highest degree. The FAA and the NTSB are models for many nations around the world. These nations have adopted our Federal Aviation Regulations to maintain safe sky highways. Our regulations work, but sometimes need to be modified as technology changes, political turmoil, and consumer sati...
